Huayin County, in this era when inns are not popular, because it is located in the north-south traffic hub, but there is an inn.

Song Laoshi, who was in a hurry, carried Su Youdao into the inn and asked for a room.

He regretted taking this job a little, Su Youdao said that the money was rich enough, enough for him to earn in Puzhou City for a year, so he happily took this job. handed over the money to his daughter-in-law and collected it, and drove the cart on the road.

But who knew that this Mr. Su was a sick basket, the first two days were fine, but he looked just a little sluggish, who expected that along the way, his condition became more and more serious. Song was honestly panicked, if Mr. Su died halfway, he wouldn't be able to tell if he had a mouth.

Song Laoshi took out a string of money from Mr. Su's bag, coaxed the innkeeper who was also reluctant to stay with serious patients, nodded, carried Su Youdao into the room and placed it, scratched his head and thought about it, and went to the county to ask for a doctor.

The doctor also shook his head when he saw Su Youdao's condition, saying that he was not well ill, and he had to recuperate well, and if he had to go on the road to toss, he was afraid that he would have to die, and then suddenly prescribed a lot of medicine.

Song Laoshi asked Su Youdao's money to ask the second child in the store to grab the medicine according to the order, and soon there was a strong smell of medicine in Su Youdao's room, which lasted for a long time.

Su Youdao was poured a stomach full of decoction by Song Laoshi, and fell asleep again. Song was tired, so he made a bunk next to him and wanted to rest, but he could hear Su Youdao, who had a high fever, constantly whispering, what kind of prince and emperor, slowly advancing, winning rolls and so on......

Song was honestly scared, this Mr. Su was obviously about to die, this is all nonsense, he is really going to die......

Song is honest and honest, he has not experienced much in the world, and he is timid, he is just a car. As soon as he thought of going to a life lawsuit, going to the government, waiting for Mr. Su's family to arrive, and interrogating him in every way, he was afraid.

Song Laoshi, who was very scared, suddenly remembered that because of the dispute with the shopkeeper about whether Mr. Su was allowed to move in, he finally forgot to register his place of origin and name, and he was relieved. So, he excused himself to pick up the doctor, drove his cart, and slipped away......

The innkeeper jumped to his feet and scolded for an afternoon, and when he was tired of scolding, he went to Fang Zheng to be a middleman, proving that this Su Youdao was really a patient left by the guest, and life and death had nothing to do with it. Only then did he pinch his nose and specially dial a little second to treat Su Youdao's dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Song was very honest, and he didn't roll Su Youdao's money bag and escaped, there were a few ingots of gold and silver in the money bag, which was enough to pay for his consumption in the store, so the shopkeeper didn't have to worry about paying out of his own pocket, only worried about Mr. Su, who was wandering in the ghost gate, accidentally died on it.

Ghost Gate Pass, one of the three passes of Sanmenxia.

Legend has it that when Yu ruled the water, he chiseled the dragon gate, opened the pillar, and formed the "human gate", "ghost gate", "god gate" three canyons in this section of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and Sanmenxia was named after this. This stretch of water is extremely dangerous, and it is said that on average, one sinks for every three boats that pass.

In fact, although it is not so exaggerated, it is conceivable that you will have to pass the danger of Sanmenxia.

But the number of ships up and down has not been reduced by this.

Because if you succeed in this ship once, the huge income you get is enough to cover the loss of the ship's wreckage and death, and human life is worthless.

This waterway is an important supply line for goods, especially grain.

Although Guanzhong has plains, also known as wealth, it is small and has limited capacity, and once the population expands beyond its carrying capacity, or if there is a food shortage due to drought, it will be difficult to meet local needs.

And the more prosperous the era, the more the population, the more the population, the more tight the local food supply, if the grain from Bashu transported, need to cross the Qinling Mountains and Bashan two mountains, it is simply unimaginable, so this waterway is particularly important.

In fact, during the Sui Dynasty, the disadvantages of Guanzhong as the location of the capital but sometimes lack of food have been revealed. Emperor Wen of Sui once went to Luoyang to live temporarily because there was no food in Guanzhong, and Emperor Yang of Sui simply moved the capital to Luoyang, in order to solve this problem, but not because the family said that they coveted the prosperity of Luoyang.

At this time, Guanzhong, as the power center of the huge empire, in addition to the official population, also had a large number of garrisoned troops, and consumed more food, so although this trade route was dangerous, it was also extremely prosperous. Li Shimin was okay in this era, and later emperors often had to run from Chang'an to Luoyang, just to eat.

Later, when Gaozong was in the time, there was a famine in Guanzhong, and Gaozong asked the prince to stay in Chang'an, and he led a large team of men and horses to Luoyang to "eat". Due to the urgency of the situation and the hasty travel, some of the emperor's entourage starved to death halfway, which shows the seriousness of the food shortage.

The worst thing was that during the Tang Dezong period, the granary in Guanzhong was empty, and the forbidden army could not receive food, and it was about to mutiny. At this juncture, rice arrived, and Emperor Dezong was overjoyed, and ran to the East Palace and shouted to the prince: "My father and son can survive!" ”

The dignified son of heaven was unexpectedly unexpected, so the subsequent decline of Chang'an had nothing to do with anything else, because with the transportation conditions and geographical conditions at that time, it could no longer continue to play the role of the capital.

At this time, Guanzhong is okay, and the transportation of the Yellow River Ancient Road can basically meet the supply and demand of the capital. Along the way, there is an endless stream of boats going east and west, and when passing through some swampy areas, you can also see a large number of white swans flying here to roost for the winter.

Some of the sergeants on the ship were bored, so some of them shot birds with arrows and slingshots, but the boat could not be docked, and even if they were killed, they could not bring them to the ship and taste the swan meat.

Later, when Li Yu found out about this situation, he was furious, and punished the sergeant who used the slingshot three times and was not allowed to eat, and the one who used the bow and arrow was given twenty sticks at the bow of the ship on the grounds of unwarranted consumption of ordnance.

At that time, the ecology was not the same as that of later generations, and there were tens of thousands of white swans that came here to live in winter in later generations, and at this time, I was afraid that there were not hundreds of thousands, and it was really nothing to kill a few, so those sergeants were so angry when they were in charge of Li, because they were strict in governing the army, but they didn't expect that this guy was half an animal protector in his bones.

"Is this going to cross Sanmenxia?"

Li Yu pressed the homemade life jacket he was wearing in his robe, and his heart was worried.

A marching Sima said: "Yes, Chief Li, our warship is huge, but if you want to pass these three levels, it can't be said that there is no danger." Especially last night, it rained heavily overnight, and the water flow became more rapid. If we can wait for a while, when the water is less and then leave, it is actually the best insurance ......"

Li Yu said: "When will this flood be subsided?" ”

The marching Sima said: "One day and one night, when this time is tomorrow, it should be normal." ”

Li Yu shook his head: "No, General Li Ji rode out of the pass and traveled fast, if I wait for a day, I am afraid that I will fall behind them, and now I don't know what the situation is on King Qi's side, I can't drag it out!" Tell me to go down, prepare to break through the three levels, and let the soldiers cheer up! ”

Li Yu gave the order, the flags and drums sounded, and the boats in front and behind immediately took action, and the sailors and sergeants on the boats were nervously coming and going, and Li Yu subconsciously pinched the cork life jacket tied to his shoulder. If it was a steel steamer in later generations, he would not be nervous, but he really didn't support the ship in this year......

The merchant ships behind have already begun to prepare to enter Sanmenxia, tying up the goods, fixing the goods, and most of the passengers have returned to the cabins to prevent stumbling.

Luo Badao ran to take care of Kuang Qi'er, how could he not take care of Mrs. Luo, who was set by him.

"You don't have to worry. Luo someone's eight characters are hard, as long as you follow me, I guarantee that there will be a surprise ......"

As soon as Luo Badao said this, the boat and a big boat on the opposite side staggered by, the water surged, the hull shook suddenly, Luo Badao had no roots under his feet, "hey", cut to the left, and the whole person turned out of the side of the boat.

Thanks to the finch girl, she rushed forward with an arrow step, and the thousand pounds under her feet fell to a certain extent, and she suddenly reached out and grabbed Luo Badao's foot and neck......

Luo Ba was so frightened that his face turned white, and he hurriedly climbed back to the boat, not daring to stand up, squatting there and exclaiming: "It's so dangerous! It's dangerous! Lao Luo's water nature is not good, this is going to fall, but he will die. ”

Kuang Qi'er had already taken off her shoes at this time, and a pair of white feet were firmly fixed on the deck, and she shouted angrily: "Go back to the room and find something fixed to hold." Don't come out if it's okay. ”

"Oh oh, listen to you." Luo Badao was as good as a stream, and he didn't stand up, spread his legs widely, like a crab, and quickly moved to his cabin sideways.

"This lazy guy ......"

Kuang Que Er was angry and funny, and scolded casually, but somehow, there was no disgust in her heart, but a little joy.